Streptococcus suis infection in Taiwan, 2000-2011

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 74, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 75-77

  Tsai, Hsih Yeh ^a,b   Liao, Chun Hsing ^a   Liu, Chia Ying ^a,b   Huang, Yu Tsung ^a,b   Teng, Lee Jene ^c   Hsueh, Po Ren ^b  

^a FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

16S rRNA sequencing analysis; Commercial identification systems; Misidentification; Streptococcus acidominimus; Streptococcus suis

Indexed keywords

CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; NEMONOXACIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

16S RRNA GENE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOTYPE; BLOOD CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MALE; MENINGITIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; RNA GENE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEROTYPE; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; STREPTOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS ACIDOMINIMUS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS SANGUINIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS INFECTION; TAIWAN;

ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR TYPING; RNA, RIBOSOMAL, 16S; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS SUIS; TAIWAN;

EID: 84865280976     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: 18790070     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2012.05.013     Document Type: Article

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